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Del Piero: The Scudetto charged me up

May 9, 2002
Juventus Official Site

For some it is already time to think about the holidays. With the championship over and no playoffs, plenty of Serie A player's are already on vacation. Definitely there aren't any Juventus players, especially those part of their National Teams. There still is the Coppa Italia final to play and win to do a fantastic double, five days after winning the Scudetto.

Before leaving for the Far East and play for the world title. Already focused on these two titles is Alessandro Del Piero. The Juve captain, a few hours after the triumph in Udine, doesn't seem tired, at all: "Winning the title charged me up and I believe my teammates too. The desire to win again will be with us, with Juventus and the National Team".

So, the National Team. Now argument of the day after Giovanni Trapattoni made public the list of players for the tournament. Especially the fact that Roberto Baggio didn't make it. Del Piero, thinks this: "You can't put in doubt his qualities. But this is Trapattoni's decision and we must respect it and move on. Plenty of other good player's, like Tacchinardi and Ambrosini, would have deserved to be called. Unfortunately the number of players is fixed and I think that Trapattoni was sorry to leave behind so many good players".

Amongst the footballers that will be joining the group, for Del Piero's joy, is Angelo Di Livio: "It's a great joy. Angelo has been a friend for the last ten years. We are always joking together, and I think that it's important as we will be so much under pressure".
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